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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spaniard, post: 4552297, member: 90248&quot;]Well.....</p><p>I&#039;ve been collecting ancient coins now for many years and had managed to keep myself focused and steadfast on a few areas, Roman Imperial , Asian and the odd Iberic coins, right to the end! </p><p>That &#039;end&#039; came about 10 weeks ago and I remember it like it was yesterday! </p><p>Normally, whilst on the hunt, blinkers on, never once looking left or right at the forbidden &#039;G&#039; letter, homing in on my Roman, Asian, or Spanish prey!.....Then......</p><p>It was a Saturday, late afternoon, strong winds and pouring with rain, lockdown and complete silence outside. There I was, sitting in front of my log burner, it was glowing and crackling in time to Debaussy&#039;s &#039;Clair de lune&#039; and I was half way through a decent bottle of red &#039;Lagrimes&#039;.....Flicking through a couple of my favourite sellers on vcoins with my defences low the inevitable happened, I purchased my first ever GREEK!....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So here&#039;s my first ever Greek coin!.....</p><p>This is the start of a 12 Olympian gods set in bronze that I&#039;ll be working on over the coming year. It will be a slow and tight budgeted endeavour...But must say I&#039;m finding the hunt and research very interesting and will post each new god as I acquire them....Thanks Paul.</p><p>The 12 Greek gods who resided on Mount Olympus / The Roman equivalent.</p><p>Greek / Roman</p><p>1..Zeus / Jupiter</p><p>2..Hera / Juno</p><p>3..Athena / Minerva</p><p>4..Apollo / Apollo</p><p>5..Poseidon / Neptune</p><p>6..Ares / Mars</p><p>7..Artemis / Diana</p><p>8..Demeter / Ceres</p><p>9..Aphrodite / Venus</p><p>10.Hermes / Mercury</p><p>11.Hephaistos / Vulcan</p><p>12.Dionysos / Bacchus</p><p>Note..The Greeks did not always agree on the 12 and some lists include Hestia, Hercules or Leto, with Dionysos often the one replaced.</p><p><br /></p><p>First of the dozen for me is.....</p><p><br /></p><p>ATHENA.</p><p>In Greek Mythology, &#039;Athena&#039; was believed to have been born from the head of her father &#039;Zeus&#039; fully formed and armoured.<img src="https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/images/icon_smile_shock.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Goddess of reason, wisdom, intelligence, skill, peace, warfare, battle strategy, and handicrafts.</p><p>She&#039;s depicted as being crowned with a crested helmet, armed with shield and spear, and wearing the aegis over a long dress. Her symbol is the olive tree and is also commonly shown accompanied with her sacred animal, the owl. Her Roman counterpart being &#039;Minerva&#039;.</p><p>This coin was minted in the affluent and powerful city of Pergamon (Pergamum) near the Western coast of Mysia, an ancient region in the Northwest of ancient Asia Minor, part of modern day Turkey...</p><p>Mysia, Pergamon . Circa 2nd Century BC. AE 18mm (5.31 gm).</p><p>Obv.: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian Egret helmet.</p><p>Rev.: ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ (Athénas Nicéphore), trophy, consisting of a crested helmet, a cuirass with arms below; monogram to the right.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Please feel free to post your Athena Bronzes.....</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1127117[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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